New Albany News

There's nothing remarkable about the brown brick store that sits just inside the Tippah County line on Mississippi Highway 15.

Sally Eads said she saw a need, and decided to do something about it. Eads recently opened her first pre-school - Promise Academy - in downtown New Albany.

Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Crockett of Hattiesburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Julianne Noel Crockett, to Robert David King, Jr., son of Mr.

A settlement has been reached in a long-running fraud lawsuit filed against Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the once powerful anti-tobacco litigator who is now behind bars, an attorney says.

A pit bull attacked and killed a one-year-old girl Thursday afternoon near New Albany, officials said.

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI a ' From the hills of Northeast Mississippi to the sugar-white beaches of the Gulf Coast, residents from across the state are invited to bring their most comfortable shoes and go walking.

More than one dozen horses were killed over the weekend when the barn they were in caught fire.

NEW ALBANY, Miss. -- Fourteen horses died and several more suffered burns and smoke inhalation in a fire that destroyed the former livestock auction building on State Highway 178 near New Albany's east end.

Fourteen horses have died in a fire at the Union County Sale Barn in New Albany.

Sylvia Sachs of Arlington spins wool into thread during Fiber to Fabric at the DeSoto Arts Center in Hernando on Saturday.

Some people pay thousands of dollars to get training in computer programs that allow them to build Web sites or edit photographs and videos.

Military retirees received a warm 'thank you' Saturday as Columbus Air Force Base opened its doors for its annual Retiree Appreciation Day.

The Vicksburg transit system will start offering charter bus service again. The Vicksburg Post reports the Federal Transportation Administration will require NRoute to notify every private charter service in the country registered with the FTA about all prospective charters before they can accept the business.

U.S. Marshals are on the hunt for a fugitive couple from Mississippi. They're wanted on manslaughter and child endangerment charges, among others and they left their 17-year old daughter, in jail, to face the music.

NEW ALBANY, Miss. - A 22-year-old volunteer firefighter remained jailed Monday on one count of capital murder and two counts of arson after a weekend house fire killed an elderly woman in Union County.

Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering said he's not waiting for state and local officials to get in trouble for failing to keep accurate records of how they spend federal stimulus money.

Mitchell Brothers Amusements will move to the Central Mississippi Fairgrounds on Sunday, Aug.

Owners: Lemor and Rosalie Dowell Type of business: Heating and air-conditioning service Address: 414 E. Main St., New Albany Phone: 944-6019 E-mail: newalbanyheating@aol.com Year business started: 1978 Our business stands out because: Our philosophy is a high standard of excellence, trust and integrity.

The Rev. Virgil Nesbit Jr., his wife Mineasa and daughter Averi will be installed Sunday as the first family of Antioch Baptist Church.

Recent testimony from former New Albany lawyer Timothy Balducci appeared to help federal prosecutors make a case against Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter, who faces an Aug.